A Short Walk to the Edge of Life by Scott Hubbartt.

When Scott Hubbartt plans a trip to retrace his father-in-laws path and rediscover a lost mine, it seems like an easy challenge.  An experienced hiker with great map and compass skills for navigating, Hubbartt sets out on a trip that should last less than one day.  But confidence in his skills and his navigational tools lead him off the planned route and into what can only be considered the valley of the shadow of death.

Alone and thirsty and lost in the Andean desert plains of Peru, Hubbartt finds all his own skills useless and has no choice but to turn in desperation to God and reliance on God's grace alone to allow him to live.

I enjoyed this book but found it rather slow in the beginning.  Not sharing the author's familiarty of the area I was thankful for the maps on some of the chapter headings.  I also found the use of the navigational readings at the beginning of each chapter somewhat annoying and unnecessary.

Yet the book is authentic and the author's journey from a bold self-sufficient man to one who's very existence rests in the hands of God is powerful reading.
"I received this book for free from Blogging for Books for this review."

If you would like to read the first chapter click on the link below"
http://waterbrookmultnomah.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/SneakPeek_AShortWalktoEdgeofLife.pdf